Device for cutting grass.



J. H. BERRY.

DEVICE FOR CUTTING GRASS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1a, 1013.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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JOHN H. BERRY, OF NEVTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JAMES A.BOWLES, 0F VILLA GROVE, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR CUTTING GRASES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 18, 1913.

Patented Mar. 1'7, 1914-.

Serial No. 762,029.

To all whom it may concern.

3e it known that l, Jon's II. linear, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newton, in the county of Jasper and State of lllinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in, Devices for Cutting Grass, offwhich the following is a. specification.

The invention relates to that class of implements used to trim grass orto out ditches along the sides and edges o'l walks and drives, and isparticularly directed to a hand operated implement which can be usedunder practically all conditions and which will be ct fective forsecuring an accurate and positive carrying out of the purpose designed.

The main object of the present invention is to form a. blade to providetor the ready clearance of the weeds, grass and earth from the tool. andto form integral with such blade a means adapted for cooperation withthe wall: to guide the tool in use and secure a unit'mrm cutting actionthereof.

The invention in its prcii'crrcd form of details will. be described inthe following specification, reiereime being had particularly to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a perspective viewof the device showing the same in use. Fig. 2 is a plan ot' the device.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings. the improved tool.comprises what may be termed a combined cutting and guidingmember 1 madeup of a single strip of material centrally disposed to form at Llshapedtrough 2, the end sections of the material beyond the trough beingdisposed approximately on the same horizontal plane and providing whatmay be termedv horizontal edges 3 and L. in plan the side edges 5 and 6of the strip. which form the cutting edges and are sharpened for thispurpose. diverge relative to each other from one of the end edge of thetool. for the purpose which will presently appear.

The handle 7 which may be of any desired form is connected to thecombined guiding and cutting element by bars 8 which extend from the endof the handle and are terminally connected to the respective horizontalsections 3 and -t of the strip.

In use the implement is drawn along adjacent the walk or trough way 9with one or the other of the horizontal sections 3 or i resting upon thesurface of the walk and forming a guidcnvay tor the cutting depth of thetool and to insure a uniform cutting. The divergent cutting edgesprovide a shear cut in the use of which edges :1 more eil'ectite cuttingaction is bad with less labor on the part oi the (narrator. The tool isrcvcrsilde in that either ledge 3 or 4: may serve as a supporting andguiding section and this adapts the tool For use on either side of thewalk while provision of the duplicate cutting edges provide for it beingoperated by a push or willing action, it being obvious that conditionsmight arise in which it would be necessary to use the implement aseither right or lett. hand implement and to provide desired action by apushing or pulling movement.

The material of which various parts are constructed is not important asI contemplate the use of any material which will secure the desiredcutting eil ect and be sulliciently rigid to support the movement oi theimplement in operation.

hat is claimed is:

A sod trimmer comprising a plate having parallel side edges, :1 rearedge at right angles to the side edges and a forward edge at aninclination to the side edges other than a right angle, the longitudinalcentral portion of the plate being depressed to form a rounded trough,the side edges beyond the trough being in the same horizontal plane, anda handle having spaced terminals connected to the side edges of theplate, said handle rising from the plate to overlie the forward edgethereof.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. BERRY.

\Vitnesses A. F. CALVIN, H. T. PAYNE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

